Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-10-12
LOCAL NOTES.
FROM THURSDAYS DAILY.


 FROM THURSDAYS DAILY
 Supervisor Behan was in town to-
 day.
 J.Q. Stephens arrived to-day from
 California.
 A high, disagreeable wind has pre-
 vailed to-day.
 J.w. Francis, deputy sheriff at Flag
 staff, is in town.
 Seven passengers and one car load of
 merchs ndise came in on to-day's train
 A. c. Trask, the Williams merchant
 and stock man, was in Prescott, on bu-
 siness. today.
 John O. Dunbar. editor of the Phenix
 Gazette, arrived on to-day's stage, and
 paid this office a pleasant call.
 O. S. Morse returned from Prescott
 Junction yesterday, where he had been
 to make some repairs on the Railroad
 hotel
 Francis A. Biffur, range on Ash creek, and Ulrich Schurshs, range on Walnut creek, have filed their stock brands for record
 Joseph Campbell had recovered suffi- ciently from his spell of sickness 10 be able to leave for Alexandra this morning.
 John Roee came in from Walnut Grove yesterday, to take big contract !, for brick work and plastering at Whip {, pie Barracks.
 A new advertisement of the Atlantic ! 4 Pacific railroad, the popular "all the year round" transcontiuental line, ap- pears in this issue.
 Geo. W. and A. Bowen have filed location notice of mill site and water right for the gray horse mine, in Mint Valley, for record.
 Geo. E Brown will leave shortly for Kansas, for the purpose of purchasing . car load of blooded stock to place on his range in the lower Agua Fria valley.
 Thos. E. Miller, of Skull Valley, thinks of starting a religious paper down in the gulch of skulls He will name it the skull Gulch Jabber- whacker."
 Mrs. Geo. E. Brown will act in the capacity of hostess of the Railroad hotel at Prescott Junction during the ab- sence of Mr. and Mrs. Pomeray, on their wedding tour.
 Morris Goldwater has been appointed agent for the celebrated tailoring estab- lishment of Jacob Reed & Sons, Phila- delphia, and Is prepared to take orders for latest styles of clothing. Constable Donahue, of Flagstaff, { brought a man, named Temple, in yes terd.y and lodged him in the county Jail, charged with attempting ;o wreck an Atlantic & Pacific train near Canyon 1 Diablo. IT. We are in receipt of the frs; number ( of Col. W. c. Lsmonte's Gallup, Gazette. It is A credit to the town and to its pro prietor, and we hope 1t may result in , the Colonel galloping into fortune through 1t. ll
 A car load of hay in transit took fire ' from sparks from the engine, below whipple. yesterday. The pssseng car { was cut loose and the burning car run , up to Whipple, where it was speedily i with but little loss. John W. Dougherty came in yester- lay. from A visit to Douglass Brown. on n ihe desert, who is engaged in sinking l. Tor srtesian water The well WAS down, t when he left there, to a depth of 370 A eet, and hopes were entertained of find S ng water within the next 200 ar 300 feet n We take pleasure in again calling q attention of lovers of dancing to the W nop to be given by the Ivy Club to- b morrow night. The young g. ntlemen e Ire doing everything in their power 10 make the affair success, and they a mould be encouraged in their efforts F 70 furnish amusement. III California can boast of her biz pump d Eins, and the Salt river valley Of her fine h IliAlfa, but Yavapai county can beat he world on watermelons J. E. b' Brown, of the lower Agua Fria, this ! m year. took from one vine three melons e weighing 47, 57 and 5S pounds respect m isely, or an aggregate Of l6s pounds for III he three. besides q number of smaller )nes 1T, The JorESAL-MINER was slightly in st .rror in regard to the cause of Patrick ai Ford's incarceration in the county jail. 1 ii He was fined Sl00 icr contemp, oi af ,ourt, by the probate judge, and, in de- ault oi the payment oi the fire. was al committed. The "Old Warrior paid a. he fine yesterday and is now enjoying e, lis freedom again. se W. c. Flint, who owns some Q; as fine oi yold properties in Jersey gulch as can h' Dc found in Arizona. lei, for Paterson, W New Jersey, on this afternoons ;rain on \ ;wo-months' visit. Mir. FhA; has a. stayed by his property, developing .hen z, md securing patents for them, and n richly deserves q vacation. He expects Il 10 be accompanied by his wife on his W 'etun 10 Prescott. e The country newspaper is the most q, useful ot aM tine agencies which stamp Il, the impress of progress upon village and inland cities W;thou. fha aid of I